The Independent British Literature Reading Assignment serves several roles. One, the assignment enables students to choose a novel to read of their own choosing. Giving students choice in their reading is an integral component to developing life-long readers and learners. The students are also given the benefit of choosing to read something written by a British author that corresponds with their tastes and interest, which does not always occur int he required curriculum in school. Two, the assignment serves as a mode to ensure that students continue to explore the world around them in some fashion beyond what is expected of them in their reading in class. Furthermore, the students are given the opportunity to write book reviews, which will assist in the school community at large when they finally publish the reviews on the school library's new Destiny program; the card catalogue.
The Independent British Literature Reading Assignment serves several roles. One, the assignment enables students to choose a novel to read of their own choosing. Giving students choice in their reading is an integral component to developing life-long readers and learners. The students are also given the benefit of choosing to read something written by a British author that corresponds with their tastes and interest, which does not always occur int he required curriculum in school. Two, the assignment serves as a mode to ensure that students continue to explore the world around them in some fashion beyond what is expected of them in their reading in class. Furthermore, the students are given the opportunity to write book reviews, which will assist in the school community at large when they finally publish the reviews on the school library's new Destiny program; the card catalogue.
The Assignment sheet:
Reader-Response Journal Format:
Websites
List of British Crime Novelists
http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels/List%20of%20British.htm
British Science Fiction Writers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_science_fiction_writers
British Writers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_writers
http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/pnbb_shortlist_crimethriller.asp